It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with brutal-looking equipment.

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This Dec. 11, 2012 photo shows a box getting a 900-pound hug at the compression table at the UPS Package Design and Testing Lab in Addison, Ill. UPS tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking ...

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This Dec. 11, 2012 photo shows holiday decorations that survived repeated drops of an impact taster at the UPS Package Design and Testing Lab in Addison, Ill. UPS tests new packaging designs by ...

ADDISON, Ill. – It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with ...

ADDISON, Ill. — It looks like a torture chamber for cardboard and bubble wrap. At a lab in suburban Chicago, UPS Inc. tests new packaging designs by dropping, shaking and smashing boxes with ...